Matching Pairs chapter 6 vocabulary practiceOnline version match the term with the definition by Susan Brown 1 ambush 2 blocade 3 mercenary 4 inflation 5 ratify 6 strategy 7 desert 8 siege 9 recruit 10 privateer stop ships from entering or leaving a port. England had a __ to prevent ships from entering Boston Harbor encourage to join the military private ship that is equipped with weapons. goal to cature enemy merchant ships and take their cargo money loses value; it costs more to buy the same thing adopt or apporve a rule, law or document leave your post without permission. Runaway from the army surprise attack; to hide and surprise a group person who is paid to fight for a country Hessians were Germans paid by Britain to fight against the colonists a plan or method for doing something to surround a place and not let people or materials in and out of the place